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Finally! I was wondering when it would sink in how unrewarding this path could be.

It depends on what you mean. I am a law student now, and while my perspective may shift when I graduate, I have had some tangential involvement in projects that that help people, that is extremely rewarding.

Financially, the market as a whole looks less secure and perhaps less lucrative than it was in the past, but that matters less for people not driven mostly be finances and the compensation for some of those graduating ahead of me is not unlivable.

It's the not getting a law job at all part that blows. In Ontario, it's a 4 year Bachelors plus 3 years of law school... that's a heavy price to pay, mainly in money but also in time. The job better be financially rewarding to some extent.

No I'm not talking about spiritually or intangibly rewarding. I'm talking about whether the huge investment ends up being wasteful and an unnecessary burden.

> that matters less for people not driven mostly be finances and the compensation for some of those graduating ahead of me is not unlivable

And the precipitous drop in applicants is due to the people driven more by finances not applying because the financial advantage is no longer there. Which is fine - this is standard supply/demand behavior.

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